Toby Keith has been one of my favorite country music singers since he came on the scene. Many people take offense to his sometimes “rowdy” appearances in songs such as “Who’s Your Daddy” and “How Do You Like Me Now?”. These songs are just a small part of what …

This is another crappy CD. This is what personally I think. Now, for all those who are not aware, Beenie is actually one of the biggest DJs around in terms of dance music. I would say this album to be pretty good, except for the fact …

Overview —“ Master Of Puppets, the title track of Metallica’s third record, has come to be known as one of the band’s most popular song, particularly before the days before The Black Album. Praised by both fans and critics alike, once a person listens to this song and honestly …

Never say Never is the original soundtrack of the movie The Karate Kid staring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. The first time I heard about the song, even if Justin Bieber is not the singer, even it is not use in any movie; with its lyrics, I can say …

I have a certain fondness for folky pop music, and an even greater fondness for female rock singers. Eisley is an amazing example of both these qualities, and “Invasion” is one of my favorite songs in their catalog. Making a song in the folk/pop genre as interesting as this …

Overview - Side I of The White Album, The Beatles’ ninth effort, is a very nice mix of McCartney and Lennon compositions, even one by Harrison which covers a lot of different ground as far as feel, lyrics, vocals, and music. While McCartney’s songs are a bit more on …

Lady Gaga did it again. Nothing is stopping this women. This song is no different then her other songs to the fact that they are all truely amazing.
Here songs represent power and just a feel good atmosphere. They use autotune in some places which make it sounds really futureistic. …

I first heard this song on an awards show. And now I’m hearing it all the time on the radio. And at first I was a bit apprehensive about a song like this. But I realized that I actually like the personalities of both …

Mary J. Blige is a real great crooner. She sings from her heart and whenever I hear her sing, I know she sings sincerely as well and takes real care in her songs and the makings of it.
I have this particular CD album from her titled, Growing …

An epic song off the Use your illusion record that is definetely worth listening to is the song Coma. this is their longest song peaking at 10 minutes and thirteen seconds. This song is written exclusively by Slash and Axl Rose. Axl really sings cool lyrics that are almost …

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) is the second track which appears on Rubber Soul and certainly another one of Lennon’s earlier songs which I would consider to be among his best. I always used to believe, and still believe, that Rubber Soul was certainly the record where The …

Rhinoceros is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins and is the third song on their debut album entitled Gish. Opening in a far more melodic than either of the two preceding songs on this album, Rhinoceros features a pretty calm atmosphere throughout the first forty-five seconds of the track …

Overview —“ They Say, the first music video released by Scars On Broadway for promotion of their debut album is a music video that is broken up into a performance half and then random clips from throughout society as well. I have to admit that I was extremely anxious …

Off of the new self titled album by Stone Temple Pilots, theres a track that I favor the most on this album. It’s the fifth track of this album called Dare if You Dare. This song is has a moderate tempo feel with a little bit of …

Overview —“ Down In It, the first single and music video released by Nine Inch Nails for their debut record, Pretty Hate Machine, takes the chaos of the song and matches it with a video. Although this sounds appealing, at least to me, the execution in the music video …

Puff Daddy ft. R. Kelly
“Satisfy You”
Forever
Bad Boy Entertainment
Director: Hype Williams
It’s hard to believe that this was the most successful single and music video from Puff Daddy’s sophomore effort, it’s not even a hit hit, it’s like sticking its head just above water on its tip toes in order to …

One less lonely girls is the second single of Justin Bieber from his album My World. The lyric is generic co-written and produced by Usher, Ezekiel Lewis, Balewa Muhammad, Sean Hamilton and Hyuk Shin.
The video starts when Justin and the girl meet in the Laundromat and the girl …

No One is a song by Andrew Jackson Jihad which is the ninth song on their newest release, Knife Man. Opening up with a simplistic drum rhythm and some other subtle instruments playing along, the vocals soon come into the track and the vocal delivery surprisingly has a blues-sound …

It Hurts Me Too is a traditional song arranged and performed by Bob Dylan and appearing on his album Self Portrait. I’m slightly familiar with The Grateful Dead version of this track so it’ll be interesting to hear how Dylan interpreted it. Dylan unfortunately starts out with a not …

Overview —“ The Day That Never Comes, the first video released by Metallica for the album Death Magnetic, is a video that takes place in an Eastern setting and goes from an approach that Metallica really isn’t gone with before. I do remember an interview where James Hetfield stated …

Jay-Z
“Streets Is Watching”
“Streets Is Watching” Soundtrack
Roc-A-Fella Records
“Streets Is Watching” is a single and music video off of the soundtrack of the musical film of the same name “Streets Is Watching”. For those of you who don’t know, the musical takes place within Jay-Z’s old neighborhood which he grew up …

If there’s a popstar that I believe could make a hit after hit without tiring the general audience, I will probably say it is Katy Perry. Her presence in the music industry is pretty much felt in the span of almost a decade, (gosh it makes me feel old) …

I am a true fan of music, and able to listen to just about any genre without feeling as though I need to switch to something else. I must admit, though, I have never really been a fan of anthem rock, as I usually find it either completely boring …

Matilda Mother is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their debut record, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. The track starts off with an interesting sounding keyboard and guitar part in the right channel as Richard Wright takes lead vocals in the left channel. Like many …

The song, Love Song by Sara Bareilles is very catchy, very groovy and moving. It gives me an image of a very nice sunshiny day full of positive aspects of life. ‘To write a love song..today..’. I really love this and I could be listening this to …

My mind is changing about the Pussycat Dolls. I still don’t understand why in the world you need 6 people to sing one song, but whatever. I finally gave them a chance and I found that I actually enjoyed their music. I added their newer single to my playlist …

Make out club by gym class heros on the paper cut chronicles is a song about how a guy has made out with so many girls and he is telling all his buddies about all the girls he has ever made out with. He brings up every girl because …

Vein Of Stars is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their album At War With The Mystics. The song opens up in a melodic fashion and has an airy and free atmosphere created by the basic instrumentation present. A guitar chord pattern soon comes in which …

Merriweather Post Pavilion is an album released by Animal Collective in 2009. Comprised of eleven songs, Merriweather Post Pavilion is posed with the tough task of following Strawberry Jam, Feels, and Sung Tongs which are the three strongest Animal Collective records in my opinion. Overall, I would say that …

Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Listen” (Version 1)
Album: B-Day/”Dreamgirls” Soundtrack
Label: Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrack
Director: Diane Martel
“Listen” is a single and music video off of the soundtrack for the 2006 film “Dreamgirls”, it is also included on her second album titled “B-Day”. The song basically follows the subplot of her character from the film, …

This one hurts, just like the writer of this song must have (so people would think). I only say that because I know the writer personally and he has clearly expressed that he has no direct connection for any of his songs …

Stovokor has some interesting sounds and I could relate to this death metal music but at one point, I did get “disgusted” and felt that the music were all kind of ill-tempered and definitely harsh and filthy. But I would like to take the benefit of the doubt …

Overview —“ Dirt, the second album by Alice In Chains, continues with the sound that was developed and put forth on their debut album, but now it’s darker and sounds a lot more haunting, a lot of this due to Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley. Generally I’m not a …

You’re Lost Little Girl is a song by The Doors which appears on their album Strange Days. The song opens up with an eerie bass rhythm before a guitar pattern along with a drum rhythm also come in. Jim Morrison comes in with the vocals pretty quickly and …

I Don’t Live Today is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience which appears on their album Are You Experienced? The track opens up with an interesting play-off between a lead guitar line and an interesting drum pattern. Hendrix comes in with the vocal melody pretty much immediately and …

(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To is a song by Weezer which appears on their album Raditude. The song opens up with a catchy acoustic guitar riff which serves as the main riff of the song before a catchy drum pattern and Cuomo’s …

Overview —“ Texas Flood, the debut album released by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble is a collection of excellent blues songs, and more importantly to me, excellent guitar playing by Stevie Ray Vaughan. I’ll be honest and say that I really don’t listen to very much blues rock …

Boy was I excited to hear that Apocalyptica was releasing an original CD with their own song. I first found this out when I was at my friends house and he looked it up on the Internet. I was quite excited. I was so used to this band doing …

As a Prince lover, I am one of (3) people that I know who has actually seen the movie “Graffiti Bridge“. Mentioning any details of the movie would be direct blasphemy. However, because I am a Prince lover, I did purchase the soundtrack of the same …

Captor Of Sin is a song by Slayer which appears on their EP Haunting The Chapel. The song starts off with a rapid solo right from the start of the track, and to be honest, this makes me very discouraged for the song that’s coming up to be honest. …

Ain’t No Telling is a track by Jimi Hendrix which appears on Axis: Bold As Love. This track is extremely short at only two minutes in length and the song wastes no time getting right into the bulk of the music. I can describe the track as being very …

R. Kelly ft. Ludacris and Kid Rock
“Rock Star”
Double Up
Jive Records
Directed by: R. Kelly and Elliot Rosenblaut
“Rock Star” is the third and final music video and single from R. Kelly’s eighth studio album titled “Double Up”, following “I’m A Flirt (Remix)” and “Same Girl”. I’m surprised to see R. Kelly …

If it’s lovin’ that you want by Rihanna is a song I like because it talks about how this girl is telling this guy if he needs or wants loving he can come to her. She really though obviously wants to be his girl friend and the guy is …

Use The Man is a song by Megadeth which appears on their record Cryptic Writings. The song opens up with Mustaine singing right away along with an acoustic guitar strumming some chords as the lead guitar comes in and out throughout the intro along with the drum beat and …

Lonestar is a country band that puts out one hit after the other. It has been a band that I have enjoyed for many years now. They came on the scene with songs like “Walking in Memphis”, “My Front Porch Looking In” and “Not a Day Goes By”. I …

Sara Bareilles’ album, Kaleidoscope Heart, was recently released. The album is consistent with her previous works, but it seems to have reached an all-time high.
The album starts with “Kaleidoscope Heart”, an introductory chorale. It is the single most beautiful chorale I’ve ever heard featured on a pop album. The …

Chemicals is a track by Scars On Broadway which is on their self-titled debut record. I’ll say right now that although I like the song itself, I’m not a huge fan of the studio version and would certainly recommend a live version over the studio version. Throughout this entire …

Pavement’s “Slanted and Enchanted” is one of the quintessential indie-rock albums of the 1990s. There is a certain rawness to the whole affair — dissonance, and fuzzy production values give this album a homemade feel. The lyrics have a distinctly post-modern, sometimes dark tone to them, while others …

Burnt Ice is a song by Megadeth which appears on their album United Abominations. The track starts off with an extremely quick guitar solo and a pounding rhythm behind this solo. The solo isn’t that great but I guess it’s an alright way to start off the song. Mustaine …

In the era of gangster rap; guns, violence and murder, came Kanye West who stood for totally different morals and values. After being a producer for Jay-Z for a few years, he finally had his chance to shine as an artist. He was signed to Roc-A-Fella records as an …